Background
Kann, Robert Adolf was born on February 11, 1906 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Leo and Louise (Eisenschitz) Kann.
Kann, Robert Adolf was born on February 11, 1906 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Leo and Louise (Eisenschitz) Kann.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, U. Salzburg, Austria, 1972. Legal work Austrian courts, 1931-1936, private practice law, Vienna, 1936-1938.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1942-1945.
Member of faculty Rutgers University, 1947-1976, professor of history, 1956-1976. Member of faculty U. Vienna, 1976-1981, honorary life member, 1981.
Member of faculty Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, 1978-1979. Visiting professor Columbia, 1957, 62-64, 66-67, U. Vienna, 1973-1974.
Research associate Princeton, 1952-1953, visiting professor, 1966.
Editor: Theodor Gomperz, 1974, The Hapsburg Empire in World War I, 1977, (with F. Prinz) Deutsch-osterreichische Beziehungen, Vienna-Munich, 1980.
Member American History Association (executive section committee research Hapsburg monarchy 1968-1970, chairman conference group Central European history 1964). Member Austrian Academy.
Married Marie Breuer, January 26, 1937. Children: Peter R., Marilyn B. Doctor.